I became a semi-fan of Doonesbury as a kid via my older brothers. I obviously didn’t get most of the political humor, but there was enough non political content to get my interest. Eventually I’d be able to appreciate most of the content directed at Reagan all the way through Dubya. And like every lefty remotely connected to entertainment, author Garry Trudeau’s sense of humor evaporated once Barry O became President. After a few recent particularly crazy Sunday comics aimed at President Trump I remembered having written about Doonesbury a while back. It turned out that would have been back in 2010:
I stopped reading Doonesbury a few years ago. During the Bush presidency the strip became little more than the rants of an aging, bitter leftist. His strips (outside of his regular characters) could be boiled down to five themes:
Hatred for Bush
Hatred for Fox News
Hatred for Bush
Hatred for Schwarzenegger
Hatred for Bush
Like all Leftist political humor, it just got boring and predictable. I’d occasionally check it, and since being married to Sister Babe I now see Doonesbury in the comics section of the Sunday Washington Compost. And yes, out of morbid curiosity I do read the strip, but now it’s for a view into a mind that is viscously infected with Trump Derangement Syndrome. Two recent “comics” caught my attention. I’d post the comics themselves here, but to avoid any copyright issues I’ll embed tweets that contain them.
The more recent 5/12 strip shows a couple going through their bills, trying to figure out how to make ends meet. Wait a minute, is this hard leftist actually attacking Bidenflation*? Of course, the last panel gets back on track, and we learn that this family is neglecting to feed their kids to send a few dollars to help pay President Trump’s legal bills. Wait, seriously? I did a quick check online and couldn’t even find any related anecdotes, but if Trudeau wants to throw down a missed dunking to bring attention to the disaster that Bidenomics* has been for America, have at it:
Today’s Doonesbury, worth reading to the end pic.twitter.com/s8618VPAJi
— Jonathan (@Swedensky) May 12, 2024
The second comic in question appeared on 4/28, focusing on Elias, the military psychologist who got introduced about twenty years ago to help BD and other vets through PTSD. Now Elias has adopted another favorite Lefty theme from the Trump Presidency, namely long distance psych evaluations. This particular comic wants to direct us to the undeniable mental decline of… Donald Trump. Yes, seriously. See for yourself:
Doonesbury, and seriously, you don’t read Doonesbury?
Elias speaks for mental health professionals everywhere. pic.twitter.com/q0m5JrjYQX— DTwyman (@dtwyman) April 28, 2024
Yes, that’s the big dunk for Trudeau – Donald Trump is the one mentally impaired, not another prominent public figure who’s cognitive decline becomes more apparent with every public appearance. But by all means, Garry, you go ahead and make the subject of presidential candidates being mentally unfit for office a topic of national discussion. What’s next, will Trudeau make a subject out of shady business dealings, mishandling of classified documents, or behaving inappropriately around women?
Can’t wait!
I think it’s time for all of us to finally agree that Doonesbury was the shittiest cartoon in human historyhttps://t.co/1enlbXzpK6
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) December 31, 2019
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Cross posted at Flopping Aces
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